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Opinion
How Googling Unmasks Child Abuse
Mistreatment of children did not drop during the recession after all, as had previously been thought.
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N.Y. / Region
Oldest Woman in New York Celebrates Birthday No. 114
According to the data verified by the Gerontology Research Group, Susannah Mushatt Jones is the oldest resident in the state and the second-oldest American.
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Business Day
Google Executives Discuss YouTube, the Phone Business and Taxes
Unlike the usual practice of staying mum at the annual Allen & Company media and technology conference in Idaho, Google executives used a news conference to promote their business.“We’re very happy to discuss this — if the law allowed us to do that,” he said."
"One area that Google remains concerned about is the telecommunications industry, with phone companies often hamstrung by government regulations. In the United States and Western Europe, service providers have struggled with low or no growth, hampering the ability to innovate in mobile, Mr. Schmidt said.
“My friends, whom we are critically dependent on, are having problems,” he said."
Those regulations are needed.
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Travel
Echoes From the Roman Ghetto
Beyond today’s festive scene in this neighborhood by the Tiber River is a somber and not so ancient past for the city’s Jews.
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World
Pitfalls Abound in China’s Push From Farm to City
Even a showpiece project in Shaanxi Province shows flaws in China’s urbanization drive, including high electricity costs and a lack of jobs in the new towns.
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U.S.
Health Providers Bracing for Medicaid Enrollment
Texas will not expand Medicaid eligibility to poor adults, but enrollment in the state’s health program for indigent children and the disabled will still swell in 2014.
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U.S.
Holder Tightens Rules on Getting Reporters’ Data
The new guidelines announced by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. would make it harder for prosecutors to obtain calling records from telephone companies without giving news organizations notice.
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N.Y. / Region
Explosion in Apartment Highlights Risks of Using Chemical Foggers to Kill Insects
Fire officials say a New York City woman set off an explosion by her use of so-called bug bombs, which are highly flammable.
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Sports
Beauty on Field and on Exhibit
Art and athletics converge at several small sports-themed museums throughout the country.
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Opinion
Reefer Madness, an Unfortunate Redux
Scientifically, it is very unlikely that marijuana use caused aggression in the Trayvon Martin case.
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U.S.
In Health-Conscious Denver, Limits on Group Exercise
Fitness groups in the city are fuming about rules that restrict group exercise in parks and open spaces.
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Sports
Doping Inquiry Has Baseball Playing Tough
In contrast to how Major League Baseball once dealt with performance-enhancing drugs, officials are using tough means to expose some of the sport’s biggest stars.
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Business Day
The Questions to Ask Before Adopting an ESOP
Employee Stock Ownership Plans, or ESOPs, may have great tax benefits as succession plans, but business owners need to evaluate several factors before determining whether their company is suited for a plan.
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Technology
With New Lumia, Nokia Bets on a Fancy Camera
The smartphone runs the Windows Phone software, features a 41-megapixel camera and has a starting price higher than an iPhone or Samsung Galaxy’s — would you buy it?
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Arts
Retrospectives for Harry Bertoia’s Grids and Gongs
A series of exhibitions is planned for Harry Bertoia, the Italian-born artist who worked in sculptures (some with sounds included), furniture, jewelry and prints.
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Business Day
No Six-Figure Pay, but Making a Difference
The Venture for America program offers jobs in start-up companies that aren’t the usual magnets for recent college graduates.
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Opinion
The E.P.A. May Get a Boss After all
The announcement by Senator David Vitter to drop his threat of a filibuster of Gina McCarthy is good news.
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Opinion
Broken Promises
I believe that American Indian children are the country’s most at-risk population, and sequestration is hurting them even more.
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U.S.
Like-Minded Rivals Race to Bring Back an American Icon
Two teams of plant breeders and geneticists are within reach of creating an American chestnut tree that can withstand the fungus blight that wiped the trees out.
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U.S.
In Health-Conscious Denver, Limits on Group Exercise
Fitness groups in the city are fuming about rules that restrict group exercise in parks and open spaces.
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Sports
Doping Inquiry Has Baseball Playing Tough
In contrast to how Major League Baseball once dealt with performance-enhancing drugs, officials are using tough means to expose some of the sport’s biggest stars.
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Business Day
The Questions to Ask Before Adopting an ESOP
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Technology
With New Lumia, Nokia Bets on a Fancy Camera
The smartphone runs the Windows Phone software, features a 41-megapixel camera and has a starting price higher than an iPhone or Samsung Galaxy’s — would you buy it?
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Arts
Retrospectives for Harry Bertoia’s Grids and Gongs
A series of exhibitions is planned for Harry Bertoia, the Italian-born artist who worked in sculptures (some with sounds included), furniture, jewelry and prints.
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Opinion
The E.P.A. May Get a Boss After all
The announcement by Senator David Vitter to drop his threat of a filibuster of Gina McCarthy is good news.
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Opinion
Broken Promises
I believe that American Indian children are the country’s most at-risk population, and sequestration is hurting them even more.
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U.S.
Like-Minded Rivals Race to Bring Back an American Icon
Two teams of plant breeders and geneticists are within reach of creating an American chestnut tree that can withstand the fungus blight that wiped the trees out.
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Business Day
Owning a Home Isn’t Always a Virtue
An economist questions whether it’s wise for government to encourage homeownership over renting.
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Opinion
Do Clinical Trials Work?
Companies spend billions of dollars on drug testing each year. And yet for a surprising number of medicines, we still don’t know if they’re safe or effective.
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Opinion
The Trouble With Testing Mania
By focusing on exams, the nation has neglected teacher training and other education reforms.
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Business Day
Nudged by Gas Prices, Wholesale Inflation Rises
Wholesale prices rose 0.8 percent in June compared with May when prices had risen 0.5 percent. It was the biggest increase since a 1 percent increase in September.
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Opinion
Where Young Women Find Healing and Hope
The next stop on this year’s win-a-trip journey is a new fistula hospital in Niger that is changing women’s lives with help from Times readers.
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Opinion
Missing: The Food Stamp Program
By brutally stripping food aid from its farm bill, the House ended a tradition of decency.
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U.S.
California: Board Restricts Fire Rings
Southern California air quality regulators voted to establish buffer zones, to keep fire rings — and the harmful particulate matter that rises from them — away from beachfront homes.
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World
Nations Buying as Hackers Sell Computer Flaws
Governments pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to learn about and exploit flaws in the computer systems of foreign adversaries.
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Automobiles
Chrysler’s Solution for Jeep Recall Runs Into Resistance
Questions are being raised over Chrysler’s response to a recall of the Jeep Liberty and Grand Cherokee because of a rear-impact fire hazard. The company plans to install a trailer hitch, but safety experts say that won’t solve the problem.
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N.Y. / Region
The Cost of Withholding Information as Brooklyn Murder Cases Are Reviewed
Requests for a list of cases that a retired detective, Louis Scarcella, testified in are rejected by the district attorney.
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